Connecticut driving lesson · Teen Driver Rules & Restrictions
Teen suspensions and youthful offenders
A 3-minute lesson from the Connecticut course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Connecticut backs its teen rules with automatic license suspensions. A conviction for breaking a teen restriction, speeding, reckless driving, street racing or phone use costs you your license for a set time, and it gets longer with each offense.
Know the rule
DMV will suspend the license, or the privilege to obtain one, of a 16- or 17-year-old for any conviction of a teen driving restriction, speeding, reckless driving, street racing, or using a cell phone or text messaging device.
Reckless driving can also bring imprisonment of not more than 30 days (1st offense) or not more than one year (2nd and 3rd). Street racing can bring imprisonment of not more than one year for any offense.
A 17-year-old is convicted of texting while driving for the second time. The suspension is 90 days, plus the $175 restoration fee and court fines. A third conviction would mean 6 months.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
What restoration fee applies to most teen license suspensions listed in the handbook's suspension table?
$250
$50
$175
$84
Answer: $175
The suspension table lists a $175 license restoration fee alongside court fines for these violations.